Associated Brands Industries Limited (ABIL) is the leading manufacturer and distributor of snack foods, chocolate confectionery, biscuits and breakfast cereals in the Caribbean.
The Company has been in existence since 1974 and over the years has built up an extensive portfolio of brands including a range of about two hundred and sixteen (216) products under the brand names Sunshine Snacks, Charles Candy, Devon Biscuits and Sunshine and Universal Cereals.
The Company’s manufacturing facilities are all located in Trinidad with distribution outlets in Jamaica, Barbados and St. Lucia.
In total, the Company currently distributes its products to over 20 countries worldwide, reaching as far as Taiwan and Ireland.
The Charles Candy operation commenced in 1974 producing a range of chocolate products.
Production expanded shortly thereafter to include plain as well as chocolate covered wafers.
The division currently manufactures the following products:
- Tablet bars;
- Chocolate coated panned products: peanuts, raisins, almonds;
- Chocolate coated wafers;
- Candy bars
